By Sam Madden
Do we want unity or do we want division? It’s our choice. No matter who is president of the United States we can choose to unite or we can continue to choose the division we have been experiencing which is turning this country into shambles.
Now unity does not mean that we will always agree with each other. What it does mean that we are open minded, love and respect each other enough to listen to each other with open ears and an open heart, learning from each other.
So this November 3rd when you go to vote, vote for unity. How does one do this? Forget about party affiliation. Vote for those people that have the highest bipartisan voting record.
In 2018, I voted for first time runner Democrat Colin Allred who was running against 20 year veteran of congress Republican Pete Sessions.
At first I was immediately disappointed in Mr. Allred because he backed Nancy Pelosi as speaker, whose career has shown much divisiveness. But as I followed Mr. Allred he did a tremendous amount of good work in Congress, including accomplishing turning a Hospital here in Garland where I live into a VA hospital. Once this is completed veterans will no longer have to travel to south Dallas to get healthcare. I also checked his voting record in the two years he was in Congress. He has a 95% Bipartisan Voting record.
And this is how we strive towards unity. We vote based on Bipartisan Voting records of each candidate. That is our main measure on who we vote for this coming election. If we vote for people that are bipartisan (regardless of party), it will help our government unite and get more things done for the American people.
So I encourage everyone to vote “Bipartisan” this coming election. We need people in office that are willing to work across the aisles as a step towards unity.
Sam Madden is a board member and consultant for the Center For Pluralism. He can be reached at [email protected]